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Amoeblog posts marked with the hobbit.11 Best Films of 2012 as Chosen by Me<div style="text-align: left;">I'm real late with this list, so I decided to just put it up sans commentary. In no particular order:</div>
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<em>Killer Joe</em> - William Friedkin</div>
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<em>Something in the Air</em> - Olivier Assayas<br />
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<em>Damsels in Distress</em> - Whit Stillman<br />
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<em>The Hobbit</em> - Peter Jackson<br />
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<em>Sound of My Voice</em> - Zal Batmanglij<br />
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<em>Holy Motors</em> - Leos Carax<br />
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<em>Killing Them Softly</em> - Andrew Dominik<br />
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<em>Project X</em> - Nima Nourizadeh<br />
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<em>Lincoln</em> - Steven Spielberg<br />
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Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:16:35 GMThttp://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2013/03/writings-from-the-holy-texan/11-best-films-of-2012-as-chosen-by-me.htmlAlbums Out Dec. 11: Jawbreaker, Green Day, Bruno Mars and More<p>
<strong>Jawbreaker &ndash; <em>Bivouac</em> [20th Anniversary Edition]</strong></p>
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<a href="http://www.amoeba.com/bivouac-20th-anniversary-edition-lp-jawbreaker/albums/2809315/" target="_blank">LP</a> $18.98</p>
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Unlike some of its alt-rock contemporaries (call it emo or whatever, <em>Bivouac</em> is firmly 1991 in sound), <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/143785/releases" target="_blank"><strong>Jawbreaker</strong></a>&rsquo;s <em>Bivouac</em> is ripe for reissue because A) it can&rsquo;t be found in your average record store, B) it was overlooked during its time and C) it has aged better than your average album of the era. Beginning with the roaring &ldquo;Shield Your Eyes,&rdquo; the album still hits hard, thanks to Blake Schwarzenbach razor vocals and the band&rsquo;s scrappy attack. &ldquo;Chesterfield King&rdquo; echoes the boozy swagger of their elders in <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/140937/releases" target="_blank"><strong>The</strong> <strong>Replacements</strong></a>, while &ldquo;Sleep&rsquo;s&rdquo; sheet of guitars and hushed melodies place them as both <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/143757" target="_blank"><strong>Husker Du</strong></a>&rsquo;s heir and as a band making music akin to their shoegazing brethren across the pond. For new listeners, especially those interested in some of the roots of emo, the brutal &ldquo;Parabola&rdquo; and the title track, which balances delicate passages with high-octane chunks of ferocious noise for 10 breathtaking minutes, should be elucidating in and of themselves. If only emo had stayed as good as <em>Bivouac, </em>we&rsquo;d all be better off! The LP has four fewer tracks than the CD (as it did in the original pressing); the <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/chesterfield-king-2012-re-issue-12-jawbreaker/albums/2803983/" target="_blank"><em>Chesterfield King </em></a>EP also is reissued, including those four tracks (&ldquo;Tour Song,&rdquo; &ldquo;Face Down,&rdquo; &ldquo;You Don&rsquo;t Know&hellip;&rdquo; and &ldquo;Pack it Up&rdquo;).</p><div style="clear: both;"><a style="font-size:13px;" href="/blog/2012/12/pst/albums-out-dec-11-jawbreaker-green-day-bruno-mars-and-more.html">Continue reading...</a></div>http://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2012/12/pst/albums-out-dec-11-jawbreaker-green-day-bruno-mars-and-more.html
Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:03:00 GMThttp://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2012/12/pst/albums-out-dec-11-jawbreaker-green-day-bruno-mars-and-more.htmlOh My Hobbit! Official trailer for An Unexpected Journey out now!<div style="text-align: left;">
Ready to get your <strong>Hobbit</strong>-habit body rocked this <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><strong>Christmas</strong></span>, for next <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Christmas</span>? The first official trailer for <strong>Peter Jackson</strong> and company&#39;s <strong><em>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey</em></strong> dropped today and you best believe it&#39;s got me reeling like a total bro re-upped on that initial super stoke that came of learning that the green light had finally lit for all the folks&nbsp;at <a href="http://www.wetafx.co.nz/"><strong>Weta Digital</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.wetanz.com/"><strong>Weta Workshop</strong></a> et al to work this project tirelessly in a living example of epic fantasy film production done right. Keep on keeping on Kiwis, loving what&#39;s up so far!<br />
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Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:23:00 GMThttp://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2011/12/grow-sound-tree/oh-my-hobbit-official-trailer-for-an-unexpected-journey-out-now-.htmlBack in Bag End Again: Keeping Up with the Hobbit<div style="text-align: center;">
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Production has begun on <strong>Peter Jackson</strong>&#39;s two film epic adaptation of <em><strong>The Hobbit</strong></em> and what better way to keep geeks (like me) in the know than to keep a <a href="http://www.thehobbitblog.com/">Hobbit blog</a> replete with photos and <em>boss</em> video updates:<br />
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I love how down to earth (<strong>Middle Earth</strong>!) Sir Peter is and this first look into what promises to be an unprecedented documentation of modern movie making (3D, yo!) and down-home togetherness (the <strong>Maori </strong>blessing of the set and <em>hongi</em> greetings portrayed in this, the first, ten minute video blog are heart-warming) the likes of which Ringers the world &#39;round will lap up with fervor. Keep &#39;em coming, Kiwis!</div>
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Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:05:00 GMThttp://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2011/04/grow-sound-tree/back-in-bag-end-again-keeping-up-with-the-hobbit.htmlBooks on Film: J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings<img width="350" height="227" align="left" src="http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Kelly/Frodo-reading.jpg" style="border: 8px solid white;" title="a hobbit's tale" alt="Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins in Lord of the Rings" /><br />
At the end of every year the urge to take in several hours of epic cinema storytelling never fails at filling my darkest mid-winter nights with adventure. What better way is there to spend all that spare &quot;holiday season&quot; time than enjoying a bit of movie magic? Ever since my childhood I've been romanced by the otherworldly wiles of fantasy films, being always at my most vulnerable around Christmas with an easy schedule and a heightened desire to escape into the imagination I&nbsp;possessed as a little girl&nbsp;where I could be as <strong>Grace Jones</strong>-crazy (<em><strong>Conan the Destroyer</strong></em>), Tanya Roberts-sexy (<em><strong>Sheena</strong></em>), Nigel Terry-valiant, Nicol Willamson-wise (King Arthur and Merlin, respectively, in John Boorman's <em><strong>Excalibur</strong></em>) and Brigitte Neilsen fierce (<em><strong>Red Sonja</strong></em>.) Surely I needn't mention how easily I took to playing <strong><em>Dungeons and Dragons</em></strong> in my teens or how largely <strong>Led Zeppelin</strong> figured into my lifelong playlist -- anyone who can claim the feeling of being partially raised by fantasy and sci fi flicks takes to rock 'n' role-play like a good sword to a well-oiled sheath. However, I would like to point out how deeply one Englishman, who was recently voted the 92nd &quot;greatest Briton,&quot; <strong>John Ronald Reuel Tolkien</strong>, has irreversibly influenced contemporary popular culture fo<img width="100" height="99" align="right" src="http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Kelly/Frodo-Lives.gif" style="border: 8px solid white;" title="...despite the Precious" alt="Frodo lives button" />rever by writing faerie stories to entertain his children. Being a big Tolkien nerd myself, I count him in the topmost of my top ten &quot;greatest Britons,&quot; after a handful of musicians, writers and and that Arturus Rex guy.<br />
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